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Chairman. Dallas Gardner. Official website. www.nhra.com. The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a governing body which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsport sanctioning body in the world. [1]
1:13.900 ( Jim Hall, Porsche 718 RSK, 1961, Sports car racing) Green Valley Raceway was a motorsports race track located in Smithfield, Texas, and was part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Designed and built by Bill McClure on his North Texas dairy farm, the facility opened in 1960, and was used for over 20 years until its closure in 1986.
The Texas Motorplex is a quarter mile drag racing facility located in Ennis, Texas, United States, 40 miles (64 km) south of downtown Dallas. Built in 1986 by former funny car driver Billy Meyer, [1] the Motorplex was the first National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) "super track." It annually hosts the Texas NHRA FallNationals each October, when ...
October 12, 2022 at 10:00 PM. Michael Conroy/AP. The National Hot Rod Association is making a pit stop in North Texas this weekend, the latest race for the drag racing playoffs. Texas Motorplex in ...
Another radical change came as a result of Meyer's ownership of the Texas Motorplex, considered then to be the premier drag racing facility in the world. The Motorplex had previously been the NHRA's flagship track but for 1988 it hosted two IHRA national events and was the site of Top Fuel's first 4 second run by Eddie Hill .
The Dallas International Motor Speedway (DIMS) was a racetrack located in Lewisville, Texas. It operated from June 1969 to 1973. The racetrack served as the site for such events as the NHRA Springnationals, NHRA World Finals, and the Texas International Pop Festival in 1969. When it first opened, the Speedway featured a quarter-mile paved ...
2025 →. The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season was announced on August 31, 2023. [ 1 ] It is the 69th season of the National Hot Rod Association 's top drag racing competition. The NHRA will have 20 Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock events, marking the first time since 2018 that Pro Stock car will compete the full season. [ 2 ]
Two men in Texas are accused of racing sports cars on Saturday and causing a fiery crash that killed four people from one family, authorities said. The fatal crash occurred Saturday at about 8:15 ...